With reference to the telegram from our Peking correspondent published in this issue it is interesting to note that on Febrosry 17 the Rassian Government instructed the Russian Minister in Peking to present the following Note to the Chinese Government "The negotiations recently condactod have convinced the Imperial Gove ment that th hinese Governm dace bot wish to abide by the provisions of the commercial treaty 1881. These provisions are ignored by the Chinese Government or interpreted in way
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